Comparison of Colorado Needle Electrocautery and Traditional Scalpel for Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty Incision: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Upper eyelid blepharoplasty is a popular aesthetic surgery. Electrocautery provides a hemostatic benefit for skin incision; however, its effect on scar cosmesis remains unclear, especially in Asian skin types. We aimed to compare the Colorado needle electrocautery pure cutting mode and the traditional scalpel to determine their efficacy, complications, and cosmetic outcomes.

Methods

A systematic review was performed to review the outcome with the conventional method (scalpel) and other methods in upper blepharoplasty procedures. Further, a prospective intraindividual randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the efficacy of Colorado needle electrocautery and the scalpel in upper blepharoplasty. Study outcomes included scar quality at different times until 1-year postopera

SUBMITTER: Pruksapong C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10256415 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature